Before there was Steam, there was MS-DOS. A chunky, no-nonsense platform that ran some of the most unforgettable games of all time — games that shaped not just genres, but the entire medium.

Before Microsoft released MS-DOS, there was 86-DOS. Now version 0.1 is online thanks to a hobbyist’s archival work. By Andrew Paul Published Jan 5, 2024 2:13 PM EST Get the Popular Science daily ...

The first step is getting DOS 6.22, the most recent version released in 1994, set up with all the drivers and software needed to access the Internet. At the time of its release there were many ...

In talking to IBM, Bill Gates heard of IBM's predicament for an operating system so he went out and bought one, and hired the guy that created it to turn it into MS DOS. It was one that competed ...

“Microsoft was slow to deliver versions of its languages compatible with CP/M-86, and when it did, they were priced 50 percent higher than the versions compatible with MS-DOS,” Ruffer and Waldman note ...

A forensic computing researcher may have settled one of tech's longest standing controversies: whether the original version of Microsoft's seminal MS-DOS operating system contained code copied ...

DIY Tech Hacks How to get MS-DOS up and running on Windows or macOS Take a trip to the past—and load up some classic apps and games. David Nield Aug 31, 2024 1:03 PM EDT ...

a new doscovery The oldest-known version of MS-DOS’s predecessor has been discovered and uploaded 86-DOS would later be bought by Microsoft and take over the computing world.